"Have you returned since?" Oliver said. "To Solgrim, I mean."
Tolsey shook his head. "I could not. It still visits me in my dreams. I would fear ever making such a return."
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"Oliver Patrick?" The guard said, his face twisted in a disgruntled frown. "You've no reason to be going to the Capital. Orders from above – your travel is denied."
He'd heard the names Idris and Blackthorn and overlooked both of them with a sniff. He'd been looking around the carriage purposefully, as if he knew who else he was likely to find there. Then, of course, his gaze had settled onto Oliver and he'd immediately dismissed them.
